Hillary Clinton made history Tuesday when she became the first woman nominated by a major party to become U.S. president. But many Bernie Sanders delegates at the Democratic National Convention, including A.J. Konda of Coeur d’Alene, did not accept Clinton’s nomination with quiet resignation. Following a roll call vote of the state delegations, Clinton officially […]

Democrats meeting in Philadelphia have made history, voting to approve a national platform that endorses a “pathway” for the legalization of marijuana. When Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders boasted Monday night that he had helped create “the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party,” he made no mention of the pot plank,

Opposition to the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal remains strong among Washington state’s Bernie Sanders supporters at the Democratic National Convention, even though Washington is one of the nation’s most trade-dependent states. Sandra Williams, a Sanders delegate from Spokane, noted Tuesday that both Sanders and opponent Hillary Clinton opposed the trade agreement during the

Gov. Butch Otter is standing by his numbers, in an ongoing dispute over transgender student policies. Otter maintains that the Obama administration’s transgender student guidelines jeopardize about a third of the state’s education funding. The claim was made in a legal brief filed by the state Friday — and Idaho Education News first reported about

Seventy-seven percent of Idaho residents who graduated from in-state public colleges or universities from 2010 to 2014 were employed in Idaho a year later, according to a new research report from the Idaho Department of Labor and the Office of the State Board of Education; and five years later, 67 percent still were employed in

The DNC keeps telling everyone that the party is united behind Hillary. Hillary Clinton made history Tuesday when she became the first woman nominated by a major party to become U.S. president. But many Bernie Sanders delegates at the Democratic National Convention, including A.J. Konda of Coeur d’Alene, did not accept Clinton’s nomination with quiet

Donald Trump called on Russia to find Hillary Clinton’s missing emails at Trump National Doral in South Florida. “Russia, if you are listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Trump said. “I think you will probably be mightily rewarded by our press.” Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump openly called

Via the Daily News: John Freeland resigned as vice chairman of the Latah County Republican Party on Tuesday night at the party’s monthly meeting in Moscow before a vote to remove him from his position could be held. A secret ballot was cast during a June 28 committee meeting and 13 of 18 committee members

In case you haven’t been following the US Debt recently, here’s a screen shot of the US National Debt Clock Of note: The US total debt is $66 trillion (!) The US national debt is nearly $20 trillion The debt per taxpayer is $162,191 — do you have that kind of money lying around to

Then Are Locked Out of DNC

What’s more important: attending the DNC or voting in elections?

Catch the irony? A gay person supporting Islam is basically like a Jew supporting the Nazi party.

Or worse: to be a politician that makes laws out of economic ignorance because it “feels” right.

…. from Thomas Sowell: People who expected the election of President Barack Obama to lead to racial healing and a post-racial society failed to take account of the political reality that racial healing and a post-racial society would, at a minimum, reduce black voter turnout. Black votes matter to many politicians — more so than

Progressives do not understand what’s going on in the world. But the people do. #ReligionOfPeace ™